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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

LET all good citizens turn out on Monday
night to hear our distinguished legislators on
the political situation. There are themes and
themes for good speeches. The outrages con-
nected with the lieutenant governorship, with
the southern penitentiary. with the Insane
Hospital, the condition of the State Treasury
and the general condition Of parties, call for
earnest and thoughtful discussion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

If there is anything in the old nurses SUI
perstition that when anybody is speaking i'll
OF You your left ear burns, Mr.. John Peter
st. Johns left auricle must have been mean
descent while the Kansas legislators were
paying their respects to him on Thursday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26
1t VIII Do to Tic To.

Union CITY EaRio.
The Indianapolis Journal, the leading daily
paper in the West, is rafting the dry bones Of
the rascally politicians who have grown fat OF
of the charities of the State. Recent investiga-
tions have fully established the truth of its as
sertion made during the fall campaign. 1t is and
has been doing excellent service, not alone for
its party, but for all the people Of the State. Il
will do to tie TO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

The Sentinel states the truth for once. It
says that "the present trouble originated in a
political intrigue" That is the fact, and a
mighty dirty one it was It was to steal the
office Of Lieutenant-governo in order to help
in stealing the United States senatorship, and
in keeping all the prison and asylum scoun-
drels in power so as to hold on to contracts
and iobS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THE petition for rehearing in the Lieu
tenant governor case is an insult to the court
and to the public. No heightened lawyer
would sign it. If there was ever case, with
all its questions, exhaustively discussed, care
fully considered and thoroughly determined
it is that of Smith against Robertson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

SECRETARY GF THE SENATE DIXON seems
to regard the refusal of the House to acknowl-
edge the existence of the Senate as personal
insult. He should soothe his perturbed mind.
The fact of the matter is, the House forgot
that there was such being as Dixon when it
made the order he objects to-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THE action of Senator Kennedy yesterday, is
one Of the mysteries" at the bottom of all the
trouble into which the State has been plunged
during this session of the General Assembly
by the revolutionary bulldozing Of the Dem
ocratic majority.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

PROBABLY by Monday next there will be
enough honorable Democrats in the Legis-
Ia are who will conclude that the Constitu-
ton, the law, and the business of the State
are of more importance than Green Smith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

JUDGE GARDINER need not feel called upon
to defend himself from the attack of any
Democrat. Judge Gardiner is far above the
possibility Of injury from Democratic abuse
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THERE is an immense deal of clatter about
the Supreme Court not deciding the 'tmain
question" in the acknowledgements case
That is precisely what they did decide. The
''main question" was whether the court or
the General Assembly had jurisdiction of a
contest of an election Of Lieutenant-governor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

WORCESTERSHIRE. even in the judiciary
department, is something beyond the compre-
hension of the average Indiana Democrat.
They thought it was Democratic court, and
1t turned out to be an honest and unbiased
one, in the majority
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26
HOW TT WAS DONE.

HOW IT WAS DONE.
AS matter of history, and to show the peo-
pie Of Indiana how the Democratic revolu-
had elected to the offices of State Senator and
Lieutenant-governor, we reproduce from a
letter published yesterday in the Louisville
Courier-Journal, written by Colonel Burdette,
who has been Endorsed by the Democratic
caucus as perfectly reliable and able cor
respondent, few sentences descriptive of the
proceedings in the Senate on Wednesday.
Speaking of the difficulty which Senator De-
Motto encountered in gaining entrance to the
chamber, Colonel Burdette says:
"DeMotte, WHO'S big aud fat, was squeezed
most uncomfortable and a slightly perlous
position. Chief Door-keeper Frank Pritchett
seized Denote by the collar and ierked him
into the chamber, and his assistants closed
the doors behind. Denote landed in the
chamber in disordered condition. His coat
was pulled nearly off his shoulders, his collar
was fabby and his neck-tie was awry."
How do decent, law-abiding people like
that2
When Senator Denote got inside the
chamber he was very naturally indignant,
and expressed himself in forcible terms. For
this he was ordered by the chief bully in the
chair to take his seat, and the Door keeper
sent to make him do so. Senator DeMotte
and Door-keeper Pritchett engaged in a
verbal controversy, when, in the words of
Colonel Burdette-
"Pritchett's patience gave way. Catching
Denote by the collar and seat of his panta-
looms he reversed the Senator's position and
rammed him head foremost into his chair with
such terrific force that the chair was smashed
into kindling- wood, and DeMotte sprawled full
length on the floor, making pitiable spectacle
of himself"
How does that strike the loyal, law-abiding
people Of Indiana9
Describing Lieutenant governor Robertson's
peaceable and dignifed demand for his seat,
accompanied by an effort to walk up the steps
leading to the chair of the presiding officer,
Colonel Burdette says:
Assistant Door-keeper D. E. Bulger, a
brawny, black whiskered Democrat from
Wells county, who occupies station at the
foot of the little stairway leading up into the
Presidents rostrum, got ready to take care of
the man who imagines he is Lieutenant gov
ernor. AS Colonel Robertson approached the
| rostrum, Door keeper Bulger gathered him
! tenderly into his embrace and, giving his body
| slight twist hurled him toward the south
wall of the Senate chamber. Colonel Robert
son spun through the air like a top. It is
believed he would have gone through the wall
had he not encountered in his mad flight the
person Of Senator Smith, of Wells, who was
passing into the cloak-room. This encounter
| rudely interrupted Colonel Robertson's aerial
voyage, and he was brought up standing and
somewhat dazed."
We desire to put ali this on the record
This is what the DULLES, towards and black
guards of the Senate did to an honorable Re-
publican Senator, and to gentleman whom a
| majority of the voters of the State have said
is good enough and honorable enough to be
the chief executive of the Commonwealth.
Let it be recorded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

The presence Of Hon. Rufus Magee in the
city is great pleasure to his friends, who
welcome him home with sympathetic regard.
His health is not the best, and it is to be
hoped that during his leave he will be fully
recovered to resume the duties of the post
he honors by his character and ability.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THE Senate chamber was ~double-bolted,
barred and guarded yesterday. Any Demo
cratic ward politician or gutter snipe could
get in without difficulty, but prominent Re-
publicans were rigidly excluded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THE people should not and will not forget
that one of the principal reasons why the
Green Smi,h-Bazoo Brown revolution is kept
up is to keep the present management Of the
prisons and asylums in power. Prison con-
tracts and asylum jobs are at the bottom of it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THERE will be no extra session of the
United States Senate The Democrats do not
want to risk an investigation Of Turpie's GER
tifcate Just at present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

'Taa people viii have TO foot the bills FOR a
swarm Of assistant door spsrs end guards
to.psotect me sacrel pevsoa Of Green Smith,
and nod him Is tee ehair DO .lsgrsces.s.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

DEPREDATIoNs in the mail-service are rap
idly increasing. Scarcely day passes that
we do not hear or read of a valuable letter
miscarrying or coming to hand without the
'ontents. These losses and depredations have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

OCCASIONALLY we read of cheerful crank
who orders his own coffin before he dies The
81
Democracy of Indiana have gone further and
dug their own grave.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26
A Costly Error.
Philadelrh!a Press.

FhtladeIFH!a Press.
The people of Indiana seem to have made the
costly error of turning the management of their
State prison over to q crowd of fellows who
should be inside Of il There u great Acid for
reform out there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

IT is highly complimentary to Mr.. Hender-
son that Mr.. Sim Coy and his following do
not regard him as "a representative Demo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26
A Suggestion to Warden Howard.

a Suggestion to Warden Howard.
Saturday Herald.
BY the way, we suggest to Warden Howard
that, ii he does not desire taste of life in tho
prison which he has mismanaged for ten years,
he had better move to a county which sends its
convicts to the Michigan City prison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THE new members of the police board have
accepted the duty thrust upon them. The
city is to be congratulated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THAT decision is ga very tough worm in
the little inside" of various Democratic
Senators. Tomtit Bailey, for instance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

GREEN SMITH and his pals are "hollering
loud now; not to scare the Republicans, as
formerly, but TO keep their own courage up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

SEVERAL Democratic Senators are very tired
of Smith, and the knowledge Of this fact in
terferes with that persons peace of mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THE revolutionsts want reheaIing in the
Supreme Court. They would like to De
knocked out third time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

anglo-Anerican creed that all good Americant
go to Europe when they die it is highly probai
bic that these fashionable visitors from the
States" were not ready to make their stay pen
manent by dying then and there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

The Sentinel has evidently reached the Sec
ond reading Of the Supreme Court decision.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

If the Supreme Court sustained Green
Smith, as is claimed, why does he want q re-
hearing2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THE Republicans are on solid ground now,
and mere will be no compromise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

THERE will be no more Metropolitan police
about the State-house. That scandal is
stopped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

MoTTo Of the Democratic revolutionists:
"Put none but ruffians on guard"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

SOME Of our best society," got badly shaken
up at Nice and CanneA Notwithstanding the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26

Mr.. TuRrlE's election" is in bad form.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26
TIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Telephone Calls.
Business rJfsiea 23S Editorial Rooms -242
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-18
SLIGHTLY SENSATIONAL.


A Telephone Scheme at tho National Cap
ital, them ethods of Which are Unbusiness-
Like, to Say the Least-Fixing Things to
Fleece the Lambs.
WASHINGTON, June 49, The financial
transactions of the American Telephone
Company, who claim to have exclusive
telephone privileges in the Republic of
Venezuela, are the talk of the town, and
various charges are made against those
connected with the enterprise. The Off
GERS of the company declare that their
proceedings have been entirely regular;
that they have franchise for nine years,
which they consider very valuable, and
that, while Mr. Tyre's record is unfort-
innate, it is no reason why the enterprises
should be abandoned
On the other hand the Sunday Capital,
under the caption of ABold Scheme;-An
Extraordinary Financial Operation; Out
rageous Attempt to Fleece Washing on
Investors" says; Just how much money
has been secured in Washington by this
telephone bait, we do not know, but it is
said to be large sum. We hear of one
merchant on the avenue who is said to
have put in $4,000. 1t is reported that
good many department clerks have pUr-
chased some of the shares, Investments
are also said to have been made by out
side capitalists. Mr.. Erastus Wiman, OF
Staten Island, is reported to have
put in $4,000. The plan oil
operations is thus described; One of the
largest stockholders is reported to have
said that a dividend would be declared
within the next eight months, when four
per cent. would be paid to those holding
certificates of stock. He was asked how
it would be possible to do this, and he
coolly replied that it was the intention of
the incorporators to sell 81, 000 900 worth of
the stock This would realize SOD, 900. Out
ofthis $40, 900 would be used in the payment
of the first dividend. This, he thought
would send the stock to fifty or sixty
dollars, at which figure those who en-.
tered on the ground floor would probably
unload and the lamb would have to SUI.
fer the consequences. This statement.
was made to the stockholders as though
he thought it was perfectly legitimate"
Various attempts have been made by
representatives of the press to interview
Mr.. Tyrer, whose record is impugned, but
/ he declines to talk. Secretary Maxwell,
in conversation to-day respecting the
company strouble, said: I'VE have valua.
! BILE franchise, and everything about the
company is perfectly honest and sound;
| Of course Mr., Tyrer will hive to go.''
| Congress man Butterworth, the presi-
/ dent of the company, whom everybody
believes 20 hlva b zen perfectly honest in
his relation to the company, is in Cncin-
mott. He has been telegraphed for, and
will arrive this evening, when a meeting
of the board of directors will be held, TO
decide what course to pursue.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-18
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.

United States Signal Office weather Bull
letin-FaYOrable Weather for the Matur-
Ing of CrOps-Harvest Operations Wen
Under Way in tho Southern Sections
WASHINGTON, June 13.-'rne Signal
ONCE weather-crop bulletin FOR the week
ending June IL, reports that during the
week the weather has been warmer than
the weekly average in all agricultural
districts east of the Rocky mountains, ex-
cept in the Atlantic States from Maine
southwestward to Virginia and Southern
Texas This excess of temperature for
the week has been greatest in the corn
and wheat regions of tho northwest,
where the average daily excess rrPged
above the normal from four to egl de-
grees, the latter excess in Eastern
Dakota-conditons most favorable III the
present stage of the crops.
In the cotton belts the excess OF tenn
perature has averaged from one to three
degrees daily, save in Texas, where the
temperature has been about normal
The tobacco yions have had weather
from one to two degrees warmer than
usual to the westward of tho Allegheny
Mountains, while on the eastward it has
been from one to four degrees colder.
The temperature since January last has
been substantially normll in the atlantic
States, and from New orlz westward to
Michigan, while slight deficiency, less
than a degree daily, has existed in the
grain districts.
Aseasonal excess of temperature av-
eraglng from one to two degrees daily,
has prevailed over the OHIO, Lower Mis-
souri, and Lower Mississippi Valley. Dur
ing the past six weeks, which have been
important, especially for the grain grow
ing districts, the TEN peraturG has been
steadily in excess over the corn and
wheat regions, ana has been nearly sta
tionary in the cotton belt, which condi-
tons must have been most beneficial to
those crops.
During the week the rainfall has been
slightly deficient in agricultural districts,
except from Western Pennsylvania south
westward to Kansas and Indian Terri
tory, where slight excess has fallen.
The showers have been numerous and
well distributed, save in few instances
of local Importance only. The large sea
sonal deficiency OF precipitation over the
cotton belt his been mitigated by recent
rains, which have been we'll distributed,
and OF timely occurrence.
Over all agricultural districts the
weather of the week has apparently been
favorable for the important crops, the
marked deficiency of temperature oc-
curing in localities OF secondary i'm
portance as regards the staples, South
Of the thirty-ninth parallel, where, pre-
sumably, grain harvesting is now gener-
al, the weather has been favorable for
that work, as no general rains have
fallen or high winds occurred, while the
sunshine has been at or above the aver
| age.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-18
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THERE was an exciting scene in the
rooms Of the New York Coffee Exchang,
on the 18th when it was announced two OF
the largest dealers in the country had
failed on account of the decline.
A CoLoRED MAN known as Dago Joe
who was charged with murder, was taker
from the officers who had him in custody,
near duncan Station Miss, on the 18th
and lynched.
THE invitation of Dr. McGlynn to Chi
cago by District Assembly No. 81 Knight,
of Labor, has caused a quarrel between
the members of the organization. The
Catholic members have protested against
the invitation and compelled the assembly
to rescind the resolution to tender Dr.
McGlynn an official reception.
AT Somerville, Tenn, on the 18th, Mr.
W. H. Boyd was killed instantly by
lightning, and his little son, who wal,
standing by him, was stunned, but not Sc
riously injured.
IT is reported that all the shops of tin,
Louisville aud Nashville system will bt
located at Birmingham, Ala.
A GRAND Fourth of July celebration i,
to 0e held at Columbia, Tenn. H. w,
Grady is to be the orator. Other celebri.
ties are invited.
A NEW YoRK policeman found $500 or
the street on the 18th.
THE Decatur Land and Manufacturing
Company has just closed a contract with
the United States Rolling Stock Company
for the erection of locomotive and cal
works, in which 1000 operatives will b'
employed. Capital stock, 100000.
ONE new case of yellow fever was re
ported at Key West, Fla, on the 18th
CAPT. A. J. LANDMAN was brutalIy
murdered near Yazoo City, Miss, on Tia,
18th by Walter and Ben Cullum becaus,
OF an old feud. Walter was subsequently
caught and a posse is ON Ben's track.
THERE is the widest excitement a.
Cleveland, Tenn, over the Development
In the shooting of Miss Irene Fam, by Will
Guess. 1t was supposed that the killing
was accidental, but it now develops that i
was murder.
TRENTON, Mo-, and vicinity have beef
infested for the past week by an insec
the description of which agrees fully will
that of a species of cantharides, or Spanisl
fly. The insects come in perfect swarms
and they not only devour vegetation wit
avidity, but their vesicating power on tn
human bodyis equal fully to cantharides
TWENTY-FIVE thousand square miles o
land are inundated in Hungary.
Mrs. ANNA GRIFFIN, of Philadelphia
Pa, in fit of insanity on the 1lth, Gu
the throat of her 10 year old daughter
with a razor, and then cut her own throat
dying instantly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-18

ADvICEs from New Zealand report
number Of wrecks on that coast during
great gale which prevailed during the
latter part of May A great number of
lives were lost
BRlGADIER-GENERAL MERRITT assumes
command of the Department of the Mis-.
souri, July l. He will be succeeded in the
uperintendency of West Point by Gen.
eral Parke.
HAvEMEYER's sugar refinery at Green
Point, l.. L, was destroyed by fire on the
18th.
ADvIcEs from Sidney, N. s. w, re-
ceived by the steamship Alameda at San
Francisco on the 18th, announced the
death of William E. Sheridan, the Ameri-
can tragedian.
SUCCESSFUL experiments were made at
San Francisco in firing shells loaded
with dynamite from parrot guns. One
explosion made a hole in the ground
twelve feet wide by FIVE deep.
WILLIAM H. MALoNEY, reading clerk for
the New York Board of Aldermen in 1884,
is said to have turned States evidence,
and some interesting testimony is expect
ed in the Jake Sharpe trial from that
source.
THOMAS B. MoMANUs, a New York real
estate dealer, is reported missing, and
foul play is suspected He is said to have
had in his possession sixty or seventy
thousand dollars, besides his gold watch
and diamond pin.
WARREN SHERMAN, aged fifty-five years,
inventor Of the automatic railroad signal,
was run down and decaptated by train
at Utica,N. Y, on the 11th Cond uctor
Blackburn, who was examining the inven-
ton at the time, was also run over and
had his left leg cut off at the knee.
For Queen Victoria's jubilee garden
party at Buckingham palace 6 500 invita-
tons have been issued, and it is said S. 900
who have not been hidden to the fete are
disappointed.
WASHINGTON is intensely worked up
over the Venezuelan telephone scandal.
M. CLEMENoEAU and NJ. Foucher, editor
of the National, Paris, fought a bloodless
duel on the 18th.
SPEAKER CARLISLE is going to Washing
ton and will confer with other Democratic
leaders on the tariff question.
RUssINs occupation of Kerlli, on the
Oxus, is regarded by Afghanistan as a
declaration of war.
CHARLES BECKER, 10rger VINO Is
| famous all over the world, is to be re-
leased this week from the New York
| penitentiary.
The avdertised meeting of the evicted
tenants at Bodyke, Ireland, on the 10th,
was forbidden, but the PEG pie got to-
| gether at Feakle and Michael Davitt adj
dressed them.
In addition to the plan for changing one
or more of the present street railroads of
Washington to cable roads next winter,
there are plans afoat for system of ele-
waited roads to cover the entire city.
Mr.. PowDERLY spoke before a large
audience in Music Hall, Lynn, Mass, on
the 18th. Mayor Hart presided and
speeches were made by General Score.
tary Litchman, Knights of Labor, and
others
THE residence of farmer named
James Edwards living in township
Menota, South Manitoba, was burned on
i. the night of thellygT "a three children,
laged seven, twelve and l$Slrteen, persisted
in the flames. Edwards and his wife
] jumped from an upstairs window, TAX
ing two other children, or all would have
persisted.